Reversing-gear.



No. 657,464. Patented Sept. 4,1900.

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REVE RSING GEAR.

(Application filed Apr. 9, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELGAN S. SLOAN, OF ELK CITY, PENNSYLVANIA.

REVERSlN G-GEAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 657,464, dated September 4, 1900. Application filed April 9, 1900. Serial No. 12,105. (No model.)

T at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELGAN S. SLOAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Elk form of my invention, while the claim defines the actual scope thereof. Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l'is an elevation of the' invention, with the shaft in section. Fig. 2 isa sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 except that the pulley is supposed to be driven in the opposite direction, and Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3. g

The pulley 5 or other revoluble member is mounted loosely on the continuously-driven shaft 6, the pulley being held from sliding by means of collars 7, fast to the shaft. The hub of the pulley 5 is formed with a clutch member 8 thereon, which is'arranged to coact with the clutch member 9, splined on the shaft 6 and actuated by a lever 10. By means of the clutch members 8 and 9 thewheel 5 may be rendered fast to the shaft 6 and driven therewith in the same direction that the shaft is turning. For drivingthe pulley 5 in an opposite or reversedirection I provide mechanism which will now be described.

Secured fast to the shaft 6, alongside the pulley 5, is a spur-gear 11. The'shaft 6 also carries loosely a disk 12, held from sliding by means of collars 14, secured to the shaft 6. The disk 12 has a clutch member 15 formed thereon, and this member is adapted to engage a coacting member 16, through which the shaft 6 passes loosely, the clutch member 16 being held from rotation byvmeans of alever 17, which also serves to move the clutchimem ber toward and from the disk 12 to'engage and disengage the clutch members 15 and 16. When these membersare engaged, the disk 12 is held stationary, and when the clutch .20 and a larger or spur gear 21.

members are disengaged the disk 12 is free to turn. The disk 12 carries two bolts 18, which project inward toward the pulley 5 and carry rigidly the respective thimbles 19. On these .thimbles are loosely mounted double-faced.

gears, each comprising a small or pinion gear The smaller or pinion gears 20 mesh with the spur-gear l1, and the spur-gears 21 mesh with interior teeth 22, formed inside of the face of the pulley 5. The levers 10 and 17 are connected by a link 23, so that the two levers may be swung in unison,'thus throwing one of the clutch members 9 or 16 out of action, while the other clutch member is engaged.

The adjustment shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is that in which the clutch member 9 is engaged with the member 8, and consequently the Wheel 6 is driven in the direction of the shaft 6. To reverse the movement of the wheel 5, the levers 10 and 17 should. be thrownfrom the position shown in Fig. 2 to that shown in Fig. 4, which will disengage the clutch member 9 and engage the clutch member 16. The engagement of the clutch member 16 with the part 15 of the disk 12 serves to hold the disk against rotation, and then the spur-gear 11,

turning continuously with the shaft 6, will transmit movement to the double gears 20 and 21, which in turn will drive thewheel 5 in a direction in reverse to the direction in which the shaft 6 is driven. By throwing the levers 10 and 17 to a positionintermediate those positions shown in Figs. 2 and 4 both clutch members 9 and 16 will be rendered inactive, and the wheel 5 will not be driven in either direction.

I desire it understood that this specification is only a specific description of the invention. Therefore various changes in the form, proportions, and minor details of my invention may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention: Hence I consider myself entitled to all such variations as may lie within the scope of my claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentm In a reversing-gear, the combination with a revoluble shaft, of a pulley mounted loosely thereon, collars fast on the shaft and bearing on opposite sides of the pulley to prevent the sliding thereof, the hub of the pulley beinj formed intoa clutch member, a second clntc member splined on the shaft and engageable withtheelutch member on the hub of the 'pulley to fasten the pulley to the shaft, a third clutch member mounted loosely on the shaft, means for holding the third clutch member to slide but not to turn, a member mounted loosely on the shafta'nd comprising a clutch member engageable with the third clutch Qmember, whereby the said member on the shaft may beheld stationary with respect thereto, a double-faced gear-wheel mounted to tum on thesaid member which is mounted loosely on the shaft, one face of said gearwheel being meshed with teeth on the pulley,

and a gear-wheel fast to the shaft and meshing with the other face of said double-faced gear-wheel. r i

. I ELGAN s. s'LoAN,

I Witnesses: v

THOS. BROWN, ARCHIE EDWARDS. 

